MELPHOMENE THE INTERVIEW!

Melphomene

From México, is for you!

The Interview

By Darkzen

Greetings friends! This end of month, I have this great interview with a band with style and eager to make his mark in the Metal and National scene in México, Melphomene! which leave us and tell us who they are!

Greetings from México, it's a pleasure to know about you guys

¿How have you been guys?

Melphomene: Hi!  What's up, We have been fine. we are very busy and happy with Melphomene

¿How did the band begin?

Mario: The band gradually emerges and started when Esthibaliz and i decided to rescue many old songs, that we had saved since a long time ago.

We had never used this songs before.

We decided to rescue them, update them and remove dust, from that moment  we created a new project where we could play all that songs.

¿What does the name of the band mean?

Mario: Melphomene is the greek muse of the tragedy and also was considered the muse of the singing, the harmony and the mother of mermaids.

We decided it was the right name for the band.

¿Esthibaliz is your real name?

That's right, it is my real name.

Its origin is Basque and it means "made of honey".

¿What has been your vocal and musical training?

Esthibaliz: My training has been within the classical singing, this has allowed me to develop a technique and a wide vocal range.

I like many musical styles and try to use every style and every technique in my musical repertoire.

I studied the singing career in the University of music in Mexico and took lessons of classical singing for many years.

¿What are your musical influences, bands or singers that have influenced you?

Esthibaliz: My main influence and also favorite singer, is the soprano Joan Sutherland. Tarja and Nightwish have been an strong influence in my music.

Bands like dream Theater, Aesma Daeva, Rhapsody, Within Temptation and pop artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna.

¿What are your activities offstage? What are your hobbies?

Esthibaliz: Offstage i'm dedicating to the music and the art. I'm a private singing teacher and i have a chorus with my students.

Also, i'm still studying singing, acting and dancing to continue my artistic growth.

¿What is the essence of Melphomene? What do you want  to share us?

Mario: We want to share what we are, what we like, the ideas that inspire us to compose our music. Besides, we want to share the incredible voice of Estibaliz.

This genre had always liked us but we had never had the opportunity to explore it.

Melphomene is feelings, ideas, inspiration, exploration, experimentation, ideals and dreams from all of us.

¿What can you tell us about the EP "Destructive Crescendo"? How was the production?

Ignacio: It was a curious and funny process, i had just entered to the project when the recording started. The songs were taking form gradually.

Mauricio: The ideas were pretty clear and it was easy to carry them out.

The tracking of the drums was made in two days and the rest of the instruments were added little by little at the studio.

¿Did you write some songs?

Esthibaliz: Yes, Mario and i. We take care of the songs, but there are collaborations from the other members of the band.

Mario composed "Always" and "Little sins", the song "Mother night" was composed by our friend Jorge Castilla.

"Howl" is a song composed by Omar Silva who was the former bassist of the band. I took care of write the lyrics and the voice melodies.

"Maiden and Death" is a song that was elaborated in collaboration with other friend of ours, Adrian Gallardo. The music of that song was totally created for me.

Finally, in the song "Destructive Crescendo" Mario and i decided to work together, creating the music and lyrics.

¿It will have a video clip?

Ignacio: We have been talking about make a video and we want to have a good visual material to share. We will give you more information later.

¿What do you guys think about the survey that won for the Female Metal Voices Fest?

Mario: It was a great surprise, we realized of all the support that we have, from the people who voted for us.

We are excited of have won, in this poll there was a lot of great bands. Bands from all over the world.

Win this poll means that more people will know us through, people from other countries, not only from mexico.

¿What do you guys think about the Female Metal Voices Fest?

Esthibaliz: We want to play in this festival. Is a festival very famous where all the important bands within the genre come.

Besides, this festival helps to a new bands and we'd like to play at this festival in the not too distant future.

¿There's something else you guys want to share with us?

Esthibaliz: Keep you aware with all the relative of us, continue supporting us and keep listening our music!

Thanks for all the support and all the affection!

More Info

https://www.facebook.com/MelphomeneBand

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TEMPERANCE

The Review!

By Darkzen

Greetings friends, here i leave other review of a great group of Italy, this review by saying that Temperance with the eponymous debut album by his last year, they have achieved to launch a solid and strong album that perfectly combines modern melodic metal with beautiful and fast melodies, strong arrangements and powerful sound!

The album is: Temperance '' Limitless'

Country: Italy

Band: Temperance

Alignment:

Chiara - Vocals

Marco - Lead Guitar & Vocals

Sandro - Rhythm Guitar

Luca - Bass

Giulio - Drums and Keyboards

Genre: Power / Folk / Electronic Metal - Modern Melodic Metal

My Recommendation

The most notable songs, fast and heavy songs "Side by side", "Here and Now", "Save me" all include tight arrangements, heavy sounds, excellent guitar work, the guttural aggressive (brutal) and vocal choirs necessary to background in most excellent album. The Intro '' Oblivion 'and the final' 'Limitless'' show us the style and power with which this band has also the voice of Chiara powerful, and at the same time so emotional voice that fits perfectly with this particularly rapid and remarkable treble sound.

Interesting, new, very nice and powerful album! A very modern style, I will say that Temperance and Amaranthe give us a taste of the future in this musical style.

Go with the review!

Oblivion

Intro very angelic choir of children, good guitars heavy input good coordination, quick Chiara's voice and radiant, clean with nice melodic falsetto with good changes in time

Amber & Fire

Guitars very present, with a swift and energetic sound, her voice is very soft, with well worked treble sound true harmony and a bit of folk hear, which enriches him, symphonic strings and background vocals melodic

Save me

Having an intro and electronic background sequences super fast! The fastest song until now, the guttural give a point of heaviness in combination of clean and harmonized voice of Chiara

Stay

Total change, with an input of piano and clear voice, very remarkable, average speed, her voice is coupled to the speed and sound of each song, the body of the song Save me something symmetrical, with heavy male voice.

Mr. White

A very modern song, with some resemblance to speech, average speed, combination of clean male vocals and Chiara, but with more time to him, guitars present throughout the track, clean break with good weather change, this song me like the musical arrangement on guitars, you get to hear some progressive sounds.

Here & Now

Another input very electro and dynamic with her beautiful voice, natural, combining the strong singing voice heavy male, another track very fast.

Omega Point

Another song with average speed and the combination of both male voices and Chiara, more melodic and rhythmic, the time between the two voices is mediated, good metal shown

Me, Myself & I

Another song with an entry with the beautiful voice of Chiara, with the vocal range without losing shown, melodic power but with a little pause between music and voice, combining background with male voice, another song very fast .

Side By Side

Very melodic and heavier body guitars, with the intermediate input speed on this track, I like the battery and as the two voices simultaneously engage, electronic background sequences give the atmospheric touch speed.

Goodbye

Acoustic input with clean male voice and again her voice with a magnificent example of adaptation time and speed of the song, an intermediate speed with a better appreciation of music and voice.

Burning

The super electronic sequences present a forceful and well used guitars, and in fact the same as the above, an aggressive and fast track, the voice without losing the range shown, mix in well matched voices, power present!

Get a Life

Intro with a good piano, fast and strong, similar in style to the previous song, with the union in remarkable voices, but a slightly heavier pace.

Limitless

Excellent close with this song, heaviest to the above, with a speed this but you can hear well in time and appreciated both male voice, Chiara and when they do together, overlooking the beautiful voice of Chiara, without losing strength and a certain sharpness, guttural gives weight to the song!

+ The good

It is a very well-recorded album, musically varied, enjoyable, continuous, smooth, powerful symphonic / electronic sequences, detailed instrumental entries, which clearly shows its own style.

-The bad

Some songs are similar in sound, a Little J

Technique

Good handling of instruments throughout the album! I hear it forcefully, showing and transmitting the interpretation of the song The guitars are heavy with lots of melody, a strong dose of electronics, interesting folk elements.

Vocal:

As I said before, since the combination of musical styles should go hand in hand with the rank ordering in voice, the voice of Chiara Tricarico is cleaned, with an tesitura soft and melodic, with significant acute and striking in the first song and the last note perfectly.

Covert Art: Modern and Stellar!

Points

9.0 / 10

More info:

http://www.temperance.it/

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IS BEATRICE BINI!

By Darkzen

Many thanks friends! For staying with us, this week I leave this interview with an incredible vocalist! Very talented, which tells us the beginning of his Legend,  Constraint band! from Italy

Greetings! Friends

Hi! Thank you for this interview.

¿How the band was formed?

The band was formed in 2011 by Alessio and Simone as a rock/metal band. When I joined it, I gave it a symphonic metal touch with to my opera vocal style.

¿What is the meaning behind the name of the band?

The meaning I give to ‘Constraint’in this context is something philosophical: it is the limit of being human, something we can’t overcome (although we wish to) because of our intrinsic nature. I would like to expand my consciousness, to go beyond these boundaries, but the fact is that we are ‘in chains’, we are not free to go beyond, become One with Nature, become divine, become immortal.

¿Who are the members of the band?

Alessio (the guitarist), Simone (the keyboard player), Federico (the bass player), Alessandro (the drummer) and me, the singer.

Beatrice

¿How was to your musical and vocal training?

First of all, from the age of 11 until 13, I used to play the french horn. I love its sound so much, especially when used in movie scores. It is so epic and towering.

At the age of 14, I took my first singing lesson. I was very, very shy and I was afraid to sing in front of people (including my family). But I thought I had the talent to do it, even though I didn’t want to tell anyone. I had low self-esteem. At that age, I wanted to sing pop/rock, but my teacher told me that I had a suitable voice for musicals and for Opera, not for pop music. Then, thanks to her, I discovered symphonic metal and I finally found my way! I fell in love with this kind of music and I started singing covers of Nightwish, Epica and Evanescence. My voice was really suitable for that genre. I felt confortable in it, both for the music and the themes of the lyrics. I started also to buy gothic clothing and I joined Constraint. My teacher suggested me to sign up in Conservatorium (a classical music school), and at the age of 16, I began my studies there. I am very satisfied of my choice. My current teacher is fantastic! I love the way she teaches and thinks. I am also studying music theory, harmony, music history, piano and choral singing. At the age of 18 I joined another band: the awesome Chocobo Band, check it out!

What are your groups or singers who have influenced you? In and outside of Metal.

Well, my favourite singer is Floor Jansen. I like her so much because her voice is really powerful and she can convey any kind of emotion, she can also move me. Inspiring bands for me are: The 3rd and the Mortal,  Draconian, Nightwish, Epica, Evanescence, etc... outside of Metal, I like chamber music, Opera (my favourite aria is ‘The Queen of the Night’), Jazz and progressive rock. One of my favourite band is Opeth, but the singer is male, so I can’t properly say that it influenced my vocal style.

¿What do you do offstage, any hobbies? Do you have another job?

I am studying Biotechnology at the University. I hope that these studies will lead me to become a researcher. My hobbies are Bellydancing and Yoga. I also love reading (philosophy books, popular science, essays, but also novels, sometimes). I love the Arts and going to exhibitions and museums. I speak english, german and spanish and I try to practice these languages sometimes.

¿What is the essence of Constraint, Symphonic / Gothic / Alternative Metal / Rock, who want to share?

Our essence is something different from traditional Symphonic metal, maybe something more direct but genuine. Our band is our own essence. With my music, I want to touch the deeper side of the human soul. I would like the audience to identify itself in my lyrics, I want to be able to share my deepest feelings: my pain, my hope, my dispair, my love for Nature.

¿What can you tell us, about your Demo, "Illusion for a Dream"?

We wanted to record some of our songs to experience studio recording and to have something for people to listen to who were curious about us. We recorded it at Mike Pelillo’s studio and we had a very good experience.

¿Do you write the songs?

I only write the lyrics and the vocal line. The main composer is Simone, the keyboard player.

¿How will the debut album be? Will the style be the same as the Demo’s or will it be different?

The style will be completely different. We changed our line-up (our drummer) after our demo; Alessandro has a very different technique compared to the former drummer. We also grew up a lot (both musically and as people): the demo was recorded when we were 16 (I was about to enter in the Conservatorium), now we are 19.

¿When will the EP or album debut?

I hope we can start recording it in February of March. It will take a few months.

¿Anything else you want to share?

I would like to announce that we are going to play in Bologna (Italy) on March 7th and in Turin (Italy) on April 25th. We can’t wait to hit the stage again!

Thank you very much for your time! The last words are all yours for our readers!

Thanks a lot. Bye, we can’t wait to release our EP! Follow us on our FB page!

https://www.facebook.com/ConstraintModena 

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